[GRASS-user] Labels On Maps

[Hamish]

Rich wrote:
> d.text text="Abernethy Creek" size=2 color=blue bgcolor=white \
>   at=50,70 align=lr rotation=-45 font=DejaVuSerif-Bold

tip: 'd.where -f' is handy for figuring out what at= should be set to.

> How can I get either 1) the background color box to match
> the alignment and rotation of the text or

added as bug # 855

> b) leave the background color box off while allowing the
> text to display?

fixed in 6.5svn r40214. (will be ported to other branches asap)
previously you just had to not use the bgcolor= option at all,
bgcolor=none was leaving it in limbo.



Hamish